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Ivor Léon John Bueb (6 June 1923 – 1 August 1959) was a British professional sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.
Ivor Bueb was one of Britain’s top sports car drivers, who won at Le Mans in 1955 in the Jaguar D-type with Mike Hawthorn and repeated the victory two years later with Ron Flockhart and Ecurie Ecosse. Born in 1923 in London, watching races at the Crystal Palace track as a teenager stirred his enthusiasm for motor racing.
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Dec 15, 2015 · Back in the 1950s the best long-distance race drivers were rarely the fastest – despite all trying, Hawthorn was the only F1 champion of the decade to win Le Mans – but those who could combine speed with consistency. That was Ivor Bueb, the man who came from next to nowhere, whose light shone for just a few short seasons, and ...
- Andrew Frankel
Ivor Léon John Bueb, born on 6 June 1923 in East Ham, Essex, was a British professional sports car, racing car, and Formula One driver, as well as being known for being a fun-loving, extrovert garage owner from Cheltenham.
In the late 1950s Cheltenham based Ivor Bueb was one of Britain’s top sports car racers, best remembered for his two Le Mans victories with Jaguar in 1955 and 1957; his motor racing career did, of course, begin in 500cc Formula 3 racing cars.
Bueb is perhaps best known for sharing the winning works Jaguar D-type with Mike Hawthorn in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans which was marred by an accident in which 82 spectators were killed; a success he repeated with Ron Flockhart in the ex-works Ecurie Ecosse car in 1957.
Find out about British F2 / F3000 driver, Ivor Bueb, their career, history and character information incl. races, teams and much more.
